At my church they would sing all these hymns and being from the South you couldnt always understand what everyone was saying.
They sang one song called "Not by Might" It went something like this...
Not by Might. Not by Might.
But by my spirit saith the Lord.
However I would loudly sing every sunday morning...
Not my pie. Not my pie.
But its the spirt's and the Lord's.
And then there was the southern oldie called "When the Roll is called up younder..Ill be there!!" which I thought was "When the ROAD is called a Punder...Ill be there!!" I couldnt figure out why people would start calling roads punders and why in the heck would I want to be there?
A childhood belief about hymns
others believed things like this
- The Kim Carnes song called 'Bette Davis Eyes' well my dad used to sing "She's got Dickie Davis Eyes" Anon
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon
- When I was little, I couldn't understand why people called me a tomBOY, instead of a tomGIRL.— Amanda
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- Until about age 9, I thought there was a country called "Operaland" where everyone sang instead of talking.Anon